Gate and attachment for same



June 2,1925.4 M4

A; 'W. KNUT'SON Gm Am; ATTAGHMENT Fn SAME Fil-d Ooi.; @i 1922 A TTORN E Y.

Patented .lune 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEBED W. KNUTSON, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASS-IGNOR 'IO GEORGE G. BAYNE, OF BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS.

GATE AND ATTACHMENT non. SAME.

Application filed October 6, 1922. Serial No. 592,820.

To all whom t may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED W. KNUTsoN, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State ot Illinois, have invented new and use't'ul Improvements in Grates and Attachments 'lor Same, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has reference to improvements in gates and attachments for gates, and ithas for its principal object to improve thel mountings t'or farm gates so as to provide a novel structure which will permitf of vertical adjustment ot the gate.

The invention has for a further object to provide a hinge element with which the gate structure has a substantially telescopic relation, to adapt the raising and lowering of the gate structure into ditl'erent adjusted positions, and to means tortixing the gate structure in any such adjusted positions, while not interfering with the swingability of the gate.

The invention comprehends a swingable mounting for a Jfarm gate which may be Jfurnished as one element of a complete gate, or such mounting may be furnished as an attachment embodying the invention and applicable to numerous gates now in use, with little or no modification of such gates.

Tha-t the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the present description7 illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate embodying my invention, dotted lines indicating the adjustability of the gate structure on the hinge element;

Figure 2 is a detail in elevation, partly in section, showing the hinge element, gate struc-turc and means ttor fixing the gate structure in adjusted positions;

Figure 3 is a detail in plan of the hinge element and the connection of the gate structure thereto, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view, partly broken away showing the hinge element and how the gate structure is telescopically movable thereon.

Like characters oit reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

The type of gate to which the invention more particularly applies is a farm gate hingedly supported to be swung open and closed and mounted for vertical adjustment to enable the gate to be swung over and to clear snow drifts or other obstructions, and also raised when in closed position for the passage of small animals there-beneath and readjusted in lowered position after the passage of such animals. The structure is also such that the gate may be lowered to a definite and ixed position and yet swing, and if ruts appear in the ground caused by wagons or autos which would allow very small animals to crawl beneath the gate, when the gate is in its swinging position, the gate may be dropped and rested on the ground to provide a barrier, which must naturally be lifted again to'swinging position 'to open, else dragged over the ground when opened. Also the invention is preferably intended for farm gates of al type constructedof a plurality of spaced boards connected and braced by. angle bars, in a manner well known to the trade. No invention is claimed to the gate structure per se. Such a gate, however, includes the plurality of parallel spaced boards l of any suitable number and of any suitable length. These boards are preferably connected by the plurality of sets or pairs of angle irons 2, 2, connected to the'boardsA onopposiste sides, as shown, by bolts or rivets 3. One pair of suchangles are shownat the swinging end of the gate, one pair at or near the hinge end of the gate, and two pairs suitably spaced mediate the ends of the gate.

To the upper and lower boards l andA at their hinge ends are connected brace vplates 4 which are placed on opposite sides of the boards, and if desired such brace plates may be in the form of U braces, as shown, to embrace and extend over or around the rear ends of such boards. A diagonally disposed brace bar 5 may be provided connected to one of the upper brace plates 4 and extend down and be connected to the lower b-oard where connected by they second set of angles 2. Also a diagonally disposed brace bar 6 may be provided connected to one of the lower' brace plates 4 and extend up and be connected to a board 1 at or approximately the point of crossing of the brace bar 5 and the second set of angles from the hinge end of the structure, see Figure l. Although not shown, the bars 5 and 6 may be duplicated and both sides of the boards l.

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The hinge mounting for the gate, and which may also `be provided as an attachment for other gates of a structure similar to that described7 comprises lpreferably'an velongated U-shaped channel bar lor housing 7 having a clover leaf appearance in crosssection, see Figure 3 with the ends Sturned inwardly forming longitudinal grooves 9 throughout the length of the ibaror housing 7 to provide guides for the outwardly eX- vtended flanges of the angle barsQ at the hinge endof'the gate structure. The arcuate bend 1010i said bar or housing 7 1s pro- 'vided with a plurality of spaced transverse openings 1-1-to :receive-a locking bar'or' -rod v12 preferablyl disposed longitudinally of and-beneath one Aof the intern'iediateboards A1 and guided through a strap 13 secured to such board :and also guided between tthe second -pair of angles 2 fromlthe yhinge end of ythe gate and over va 'transverse Ibearing member 14 connected to such angles. The linner .end'of said rbar` or rod 12 having a .hand hold by fmeanso'f which it may be manipulated Ito withdraw said bar orrod from an 'opening 1-1 .1n the channel bar-or `housing 7 land 1nserted intoanother of such -openings to :hold the gate structure in -di'fyd'erent veitical adjusted positions. :channel lbar or V.housing 7 are riveted or fotherwise suitably'secured straps 161110 hold spacing blocks 217, together yproviding'veritical "openings 18to receive pint-les lof vhinge studs secur'edvin'apost 20 at one side 'of the gateiopening, see vFigure 1.

To said The member 7 "with the straps 16 constituteithe hinge element ifor'thegate andmay be urnished withfa gate orv as-an attachment yfor igates.

To 4assemble the gate structure :and rthe post .20 inthe manner shown vin Figure 1. dien the parts are assembled the ends of the boards 1 lie well within the channel bar or housing 7 and thereby prevent sagging of :the Vgate structure when hung, and the hinge element is in close proximity to the .hinge .postfQ leaving no more open space between gate and post than is found in the most fpraetical' gates. The openings 11 in the hinge element 7 are so spaced relatively to the top and bottom ends thereof as to provide for the raising and fixing of Athe gate at desirable heights V'and' when in its Vnormalflower position the loweredge of the bottomboard 1 is evenwith'the :lower end o'l fthe element f7, although the lower board m'aybe lowered to a point A'belowthe rlower end of the element 7 and the bar or rod 12 inserted `in the lowermost opening 11 to allow the gateto"begswung4 If lowered to a fpoint B the lowermost lboa-rd 1' will rest on-the ground 'and it 'is -not intended it should be swung -in such a position; The length of the element 7 not only corresponds tothe heighthof Vthe Igate structure, 'but I`normally projects up above 'the Itop board Y"12to1i1'1'sure a proper :bearing lforsuch gate structure when in a position, such as shown in 'full flines in Figure l1.

Vhat 1I claim is '-Av gate structure, fcornprisinga' gate including a pluralityfof spaced^boards connected by sets of angle-irons,`fone set at least -ilo'cated 1at for near' the `ends n of the boards with Ioutwardly' projecting fianges, and a hinge attachment Acomprisir'ig a `Vverltically `ldisposed `channel bar*havingv in'- turned ledges to embrace and form guides :for the fiangesof said'setof `angles kat the -end of'the gate and-to `provide a telescopic lelation-'between ithe Agate and angles and said channel bar, and means to lix'the gate in adjusted positionson said ohannelbar.

`In witness whereof, I"l1ave hereunto affixed my hand 2this 3rd day 'of October, '41922. 

